Jonas Olson presents a critical survey of moral error theory, the view that there are no moral facts and so all moral claims are false. It explores the historical context of the debate; assesses J.L. Mackie's famous arguments, defends error theory against challenges and consider…
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Jonas Olson presents an original account of the historical background of moral error theory, and examines in particular J.L. Mackie's influential contributions to the debate. In Part I (History), Olson provides the historical context of the debate, and discusses the moral error …
Scepticism and perceptual justification
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New essays on scepticism about the senses explore the problem of whether and how experience can provide knowledge or justification for belief about the objective world outside the experiencer's mind.
"The thirteen essays in this volume explore the possible skeptical implications of disagreement in different areas and from different perspectives, with an emphasis in the current debate about the epistemic significance of disagreement. They represent a new contribution to the s…
This volume brings out the varieties of forms of philosophical skepticism that have continued to preoccupy philosophers for the past couple of centuries, as well as the specific varieties of philosophical response that these have engendered -- above all, in the work of those who…
Biographical note: James Conant, University of Chicago, USA. Andrea Kern, University of Leipzig, Germany. This volume brings out the varieties of forms of philosophical skepticism that have continued to preoccupy philosophers for the past couple of centuries, as well as the spe…
"This volume brings out the varieties of forms of philosophical skepticism that have continued to preoccupy philosophers for the past of couple of centuries, as well as the specific varieties of philosophical response that these have engendered - above all, in the work of those …
Varieties of skepticism -- "Veil of perception" skepticism -- Skepticism and metaphysics (a puzzle) -- Kant's pyrrhonian crisis -- Humean skepticism -- Kant's reformed metaphysics -- Defenses against humean skepticism -- Defenses against pyrrhonian skepticism -- Some relatively …
This book puts forward a reappraisal of Immanuel Kant's conception of and response to skepticism, as set forth principally in the Critique of Pure Reason. It is widely recognized that Kant's theoretical philosophy aims to answer skepticism and reform metaphysics--Michael Forster…
